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R&D&I and firms’ internationalization: introduction to the special issue

R&D&I and firms’ internationalization: introduction to the special issue Economia Politica (2018) 35:523–528 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-018-0122-6 EDITORIAL R&D&I and firms’ internationalization: introduction to the special issue 1 2,3 Elena Huergo  · Maria Garcia‑Vega Received: 28 May 2018 / Accepted: 31 May 2018 / Published online: 5 July 2018 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 1 R&D&I and firms’ internationalization Over the last two decades, the offshoring of manufactures has taken a back seat to that of services. Reasons behind the rise of service offshoring are the liberalization of trade, economic and regulatory reforms, technological advances in communica- tion and digitalization, and the new commercialization of certain goods. Nowadays, an important proportion of exchanges of knowledge-intensive services corresponds to the offshoring of research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities, which are decisive for the economic growth and development of countries. In this respect, the March 2005 OECD Forum on the Internationalization of R&D already recognized the internationalization of R&D as a crucial feature of globalization with a major impact on economic development and public policy. Globalization and the spread of information technologies have influenced the creation of innovation networks (Freeman 1991). For example, aerospace compa- nies obtain some pieces from very specialized foreign providers; manufacturers of food and industrial ingredients buy research studies on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "Economia Politica" Springer Journals

R&D&I and firms’ internationalization: introduction to the special issue

Huergo, Elena; Garcia-Vega, Maria
"Economia Politica" , Volume 35 (2): 6 – Aug 1, 2018
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Economia Politica (2018) 35:523–528 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-018-0122-6 EDITORIAL R&D&I and firms’ internationalization: introduction to the special issue 1 2,3 Elena Huergo  · Maria Garcia‑Vega Received: 28 May 2018 / Accepted: 31 May 2018 / Published online: 5 July 2018 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 1 R&D&I and firms’ internationalization Over the last two decades, the offshoring of manufactures has taken a back seat to that of services. Reasons behind the rise of service offshoring are the liberalization of trade, economic and regulatory reforms, technological advances in communica- tion and digitalization, and the new commercialization of certain goods. Nowadays, an important proportion of exchanges of knowledge-intensive services corresponds to the offshoring of research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities, which are decisive for the economic growth and development of countries. In this respect, the March 2005 OECD Forum on the Internationalization of R&D already recognized the internationalization of R&D as a crucial feature of globalization with a major impact on economic development and public policy. Globalization and the spread of information technologies have influenced the creation of innovation networks (Freeman 1991). For example, aerospace compa- nies obtain some pieces from very specialized foreign providers; manufacturers of food and industrial ingredients buy research studies on

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Published: Aug 1, 2018

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